Tomato toast
Tomato toast sounds so simple – and it is – but it is also my new favorite lunch dish, and I wanted to share it…
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Persimmon salad
One thing that certainly gets me excited about winter is winter fruit – in this case, persimmons and persimmon salad. I have reworked this past winter…
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Provencal Classics: Pissaladière
A new take on the Niçoise classic – pissaladière. No anchovies in this one, but still plenty of caramelized onions, that are joined by sunny…
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Entertaining · Lunch · Markets
Provencal Classics: Tapenade
We are continuing the Provençal Classics series with one of my favorite apero accompaniments: olive tapenade. Tapenade is a must for easy entertaining – and for…
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Carrot & fennel soup
This carrot and fennel soup is a true autumn warmer with a hint of spice, the warmth of roasted vegetables, and a secret ingredient (I’m…
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Spicy corn chowder
Even in my childhood, the scent of summer corn permeated holiday memories. My cousin and I would run around someone’s corn fields – we treated…
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Kitchen tools · Lunch · Markets · Salad
My three essential cooking herbs
It’s time to regather my brain – which is still halfway to the beach – and share this herb primer featuring my three favorite green…
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{postcard from France..} happy days with baguettes
When you get the perfect baguette everything is right with the world. Baguette means stick or wand in French and it can, indeed, perform magic. I…
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Artichoke and goat cheese salad {artichauts au chèvre chaud}
Hope – particularly, for spring itself – springs eternal. I can sense it in the cool air, the tight flower buds, and the verdant watercress….
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Shiso, pomegranate & blood orange
I’m writing to you from London {well, virtually.. I made this right before I left!} with a winter citrus report. Loving these crisp, clean flavors…
